Museums

They are a great day out, and a fantastic way to support your community. Lots of the great Aviation Museums are charities, and are run by volunteers.

Find an Aviation Museum

We have updated our maps recently, and they allow you to get an interactive view of all the Aviation Museums currently in our directory near your current location. Simply head over to the link, select how far you want to go, and press ‘Near Me’. The map will do the rest. Happy Museum Hunting, and have a great weekend!

March 21–WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — A rare wooden propeller signed by Orville Wright and valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars is headed from Dayton to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space museum in Denver.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame, inside Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has owned the Wright Model K propeller since it was donated in 2004, and will loan the early aviation artifact to the Denver museum for five years.

Two B-17G Flying Fortresses and more than 130 reenactors are scheduled to take part in the opening events for the B-17 Memphis Belle™ exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, May 17-19, 2018. The B-17F Memphis Belle – the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to return to the United States after completing 25 combat missions over occupied Europe – and surrounding strategic bombardment exhibit will be unveiled to the public following a ribbon cutting ceremony on the morning of May 17 – exactly 75 years after its crew finished their last mission in the war against Nazi Germany on May 17, 1943.

The skies are filled with air traffic in the modern era. Whether commercial flight, police helicopters, military drills, or privately owned aircraft, the skies have been dominated by man. However, it was not long ago that the idea of flying machines was laughed upon and thought too ridiculous to accomplish.

In October 1999, John Tosh would open the Texas Air Museum; a privately owned, volunteer-run place; open to the public for a $4 admission fee. Located next to Stinson Airfield, at 1234 99th St, Tosh and his team of volunteers have been working to keep the public museum open and inform everyday citizens about the history of aircraft.